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Ofcom have stated they will NOT investigate BBC’s EastEnders for its horror bus crash - ‘The episode was not graphic or explicit’

EASTENDERS will NOT be investigated by Ofcom for scenes that aired during its horror bus crash episode.

By Katie Storey

Wednesday, February 08, 2017

The TV regulator has now revealed that they are ruling out an investigation into the soap, despite some complaints the bus crash storyline had been ‘offensive’.

During EastEnders’ ‘Disaster Week’, a bus had lost control and crashed into a railway bridge after the driver suffered a heart attack, putting multiple characters’ lives at risk.

In the end, there was only one fatality - the bus driver.

However, a handful of viewers expressed their ‘disappointment’ at the scenes, suggesting they were ‘inappropriate’ given the terrorist attacks that had occurred in Berlin and Nice.

EastEnders: Some viewres had complained the bus crash scenes had been 'offensive' [BBC]

One Twitter user had said at the time: “Tonight’s episode was seriously bad taste given recent events. Not good #eastenders.”

Another said: “Great episode of #eastenders tonight. Where did you get the idea of driving vehicles into markets? #thoughtless.”

Others, meanwhile, defended the storyline, with one viewer claiming: “People moaning about bus crashing into the market… it was filmed way before the Berlin crash, plus the driver had a heart attack #eastenders.”

Ofcom had received 33 complaints following EastEnders’ bus crash, but a spokesperson has now said they will not proceed with an investigation.

“We considered 33 complaints that scenes of a bus crash were offensive, in light of recent actual events,” they said.

“However, we found that the episode was not graphic or explicit and was part of a long-running storyline.”